The Lafayette Public Library and the Ernest J. Gaines Center at UL Lafayette are proud to present an afternoon with world-renowned writer Ernest J. Gaines. Dr. Gaines will read a selection from his latest novella The Tragedy of Brady Sims and answer questions from the audience.

Saturday, June 16, 2018
1:00 – 3:00 PM
Main Library (301 W. Congress St.)

Books will be available for sale and signing; seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-serve basis.

According to The Ernest J. Gaines Center, the author was born in 1933 on a plantation near New Roads, Louisiana. Gaines based his award-winning novels on the African American experience in the rural South. His works include The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971) and A Lesson Before Dying, both later produced as award-winning films. He served as UL Lafayette’s first Writer-in-Residence from 1981 to 2004 and is now Writer-in-Residence Emeritus.

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